Anyone who has worked with me understands that I don't really play politics within an organization. Sure, I'm aware of them, I understand who the key players might be or what their strategy is, but ultimately I don't really care about or get involved in their political activities. I rationalize| A Dinosaur In Space
I feel pretty confident in saying that I was not entirely right or wrong with my stances on AI. While I appear to be vindicated in my position that these things cannot think or reason, that they cannot be trusted with decision-making due to hallucinations and reward-hacking, and that they| A Dinosaur In Space
I generally write in order to get ideas out of my head, making room for new ones in the process. It's a way of reassembling my data points, validating my conclusions, throwing in supporting research, and making a comprehensive argument to myself (and any readers) about something before shelving it| A Dinosaur In Space
Presumably because I both hate myself and remain naively optimistic about being able to change the minds of others, I've been spending a decent chunk of my free time wallowing in the technical misery of Hacker News' comments sections. It's been quite insightful in many ways, discussing my highly-leftist perspectives| A Dinosaur In Space
I'm generally what most AI Boosters would call a "Doomer": I don't see the present value in LLMs with how they're trained, implemented, and utilized. I believe they're dumbing down our already idiotic populace, and reports are starting to support| A Dinosaur In Space
I love my morning showers, not least because they're a time of profound epiphanies. Fresh from sleep, initial thoughts for the day rattling around my skull after dealing with the messiness of biology, it seems like the brain is far more flexible and receptive to unconventional thinking so| A Dinosaur In Space
I've been sitting on drafts for a while now, having chosen late September as the best possible time to get back into blogging. I (naively) figured I'd be able to crank out some posts throughout October, only to find my energy gradually sapped by the increasingly close political race in| A Dinosaur In Space
I'm a white man in America, who grew up in the upper rungs of the middle class. A life of country clubs, first class flights, club floors in resort hotels, and ever-larger homes. The impression such an upbringing gives you is one of hard work being handsomely rewarded (since my| A Dinosaur In Space
Let's start this new blog with a confession: despite being an Information Technology professional, I haven't built a personal website since the mid-90s. That site was written in raw HTML on an original Macintosh, saved to a floppy disk, proofed on a color Power Macintosh, and then telnetted - line| A Dinosaur In Space
It's weird, feeling like you're "ahead" of everyone else in the stages of grief. While everyone else is angry or bargaining or depressed over a traumatic event, you've moved on ahead of them all into acceptance. It's a stark disconnect that others seem to pick up on no matter how| A Dinosaur In Space